Running a startup is painful. Although some founders have turned it into get rich quick scheme. With funding winter, these companies and founders are coming into the lights of scrutiny. I am sure this is just the beginning, and we will see many more names coming out. India’s growth story. The youngest English-speaking population has …
Author Archives: Atul
responsibility
As a founder, one virtue you should seek from early team members is their responsibility-taking capacity.A founder should not worry about the quality and delivery timelines.They should be confident that team members will do it and deliver their best. Any other pedigree and show-off should not be the priority in early hires. Otherwise, the founder …
source
Our life is a mixed bag. It has everything from pain, happiness, and longing to suffering. Once we are stoic about it, living becomes easy. The other magic that happens to us is finding the source, people who believe in you, your vision, and ways of seeing the world. It can come from anywhere, including …
freedom
We all have a particular definition of freedom. Some crave money while others for time to think. We are all unique, and our way of seeing this world varies. I see education as a source of ultimate freedom. It’s education that brings a change for society and generations. It is education that helps us think, …
Acceptance
Most of us lack accepting reality in our life. We never move on. Could this be because of our emotions, expectations, and ego? You cannot mourn the passing away of your loved ones for life. You have to accept it and move forward. The same goes for relationships. Once out of it, we are with …
little
Our little actions can take us a long way ahead.Our kids and peers: all observe us and how we treat others and react to a scenario: everything is closely watched. Our aura depends on us and our actions.We have to make life better for us and everyone around us. Will your cook, butler, or chauffeur …
Default
Most of us are born and groomed with the world telling us what we can’t do. As a result, we end up being risk averse. Our thoughts and actions circle in a limited parameter. The default mindset becomes NO to every unknown. I am no different for the 30 years I have been on the …
actions
Our actions define our journey in life. Our life is limited and mostly a mixed bag with happiness and pain accumulated together. Murakami says: “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” Many of us continue living a sedentary life or make negotiations with it. We start making ourselves accept that this is how life has …
mornings
I have read multiple books and how successful people wake up early and start their day. I would laugh at it reading in my 20s because of the IRC conversation and late-night beer bash. I wake up early these days. It has become part of me. I feel like a different person: I get to …
point
It is easy to point fingers at others about their life or how they are operating businesses. It requires nothing. The person living a life or in the journey of it knows what they are into. They are the ones who have plans for it. As an outsider giving any opinion is a waste of …